For those of you who don’t know Chris Holmes, you might know him best as the owner of JumpRopeVideos.com.

However, there is a lot more to Chris than his website Jump Rope Videos. Chris has over 30 years of involvement with the sport of jump rope, he has performed and taught in 11 countries, won several national championships, and one world championship.

Chris started jumping in 1985 with the Footnotes of San Antonio, coached by Roger Crozier. Chris jumped for 10 years with the Footnotes before attending college at Texas A&M University to study computer engineering. While at Texas A&M, Chris started the first college jump rope team. During that time Chris also served as an early board member of USA Jump Rope. In 2007 Chris started jumpropevideos.com as a way to share his love of jump rope with the world. He is currently volunteering by supporting World Jump Rope and coaching his kid’s team, the Rope Warriors. It is Chris’ mission to help the sport grow and inspire a new generation of jumpers that will help carry it forward.

Jumper Spotlight Video

Chris Holmes of JumpRopeVideos.com fame was our guest for this episode of Jumper Spotlight. In this episode Chris shares his love of the 90’s, Eilea discusses her experience at the very first University Jump Rope Summit at Ohio State, oh and Chris announces the new United States based organization AMJRF – American Jump Rope Federation!

AMJRF

Shortly after recording our video with Chris, AMJRF, the American Jump Rope Federation, announced themselves on social media to the jump rope community. For those of you who have not seen it, here is the organizations first post:

The American Jump Rope Federation wants to take jump rope to new heights. Like you, we love this sport and have dedicated much of our lives to it. Now we want to share that love with you and work together to launch an exciting new era of jump rope in America.

There are 3 core themes that need our attention:

– Development: Innovate and share the best practices of jump rope.
– Growth: Get more people jumping all across America.
– Competition: Support competition at all levels of our sport.

Contact

Want to follow Chris Holmes on social media? You can do so @JumpRopeVideos on FB, & Instagram

On Jumper Spotlight we highlight someone who is, or has been, important to our sport and community. The people we highlight can be athletes, judges, announcers, coaches, or just someone who’s passion for the sport has impacted you, your team, our community, or our sport, in an important way.

If you would like to be spotlighted, or have someone else you think should be spotlighted, feel free to e-mail us at JumperSpotlight at jumpropejam.com

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Tori Boggs

Today Jump Rope Jam is proud to spotlight the amazingly talented, and, one of the most hardworking, jump rope athletes, Tori Boggs!

Photo by @darlabellerphotography

Currently living in Columbus, Ohio, Tori started rope skipping at the age of 5. She travels the world teaching her sport, performing in a variety of events and shows, and competing at the world-level competitions.

As a performer she continues to work as a jump roper, tumbler, acrobat, fire artist, parkour specialist, rope tumbler, actress, and public speaker.

Tori also works as a trainer, choreographer, designer, and director specializing in performance design and creation as well as athlete training and development.

That is why, when Tori agreed to appearing on Jump Rope Jam, Eilea and I felt extremely lucky!

Now without further ado the first video cast of the new season of Jump Rope Jam. Jumper Spotlight – Tori Boggs

The first ever University Jump Rope Summit:

Recently, Tori, working with her team, Ohio State Jump Rope, put together an amazing event at Ohio State University, the first ever University Jump Rope Summit.

The summit was held in conjunction with the first annual National College Jump Rope Championship. Following the competition there was a free workshop open to all OSU students on 1/21 & a free performance by the college teams & special guests.

The awards handed out were handmade by Boggs and the 24 other members of Ohio State’s jump-rope team.

STATS:

Stat cards are back! Enjoy Tori Boggs’ stat card and then let us know if you would like Jump Rope Jam to make a stat card for you next.

Contact

If you want to learn more about Tori, go check out her amazingly designed website: ToriBoggs.com

Want to follow Tori Boggs on social media? You can do so @ToriBoggs on FB and Twitter & @snorib on Instagram

On Jumper Spotlight we highlight someone who is, or has been, important to our sport and community. The people we highlight can be athletes, judges, announcers, coaches, or just someone who’s passion for the sport has impacted you, your team, our community, or our sport, in an important way.

If you would like to be spotlighted, or have someone else you think should be spotlighted, feel free to e-mail us at [email protected]

Welcome Tori Boggs – Jumper Spotlight: Season 2.1 was last modified: January 24th, 2017 by Cory